Most-read articles of 2013

30 December 2013ArticlesNick Dunbar, web statisticsNick Dunbar

As the year ends, I thought it would be interesting to share with you the most-read articles on this website for 2013. Unsurprisingly, the review of Nassim Taleb's bookÂ Antifragile takes first place. Published just over a year ago, this review not only got the most views in the past year, but is the most-read article…

The Higgs boson and me

18 July 2012CommentNick Dunbar, physicsNick Dunbar

I first encountered the Higgs boson in 1989 on a blackboard in an advanced quantum field theory class for graduate students at Harvard University. It was the point that I realized that the life of a theoretical physicist was not for me. I remember the lecture theatre well. There were three blackboards side by side,…

The Devil’s Derivatives is published

12 July 2011ArticlesDevil's Derivatives, Nick DunbarNick Dunbar

In January 2008, I scribbled down some ideas for a book about what was then a crisis sparked by subprime mortgages, based on my decade of experience writing about financial derivatives. Three-and-a-half years later, the book has now been published. It was the feeling of being trapped inside history that prompted me to write the…

New year, new developments

12 January 2011ArticlesDevil's Derivatives, Nick DunbarNick Dunbar

The saga of The Devil's Derivatives is drawing to a close. I am pleased to announce that Harvard Business Review Press will now be publishing the book in both the UK and the US. The only downside is that the publication date will be delayed by three months to July 12th 2011 to coordinate the…